Definitions of Sustainability
sus·tain·abil·i·ty – ( se stā-nə- ˈ bi-lə-tē) noun 
1: meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. -- World Commission on Environment and Development (1987) Our Common Future, England Oxford University Press
2: “…enables people to develop knowledge, values and skills to participate in decisions…that will improve the quality of life now without damaging the planet for the future.” -- United Nations Declaration: A Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005-2014
3: "[Sustainability efforts] create and maintain conditions under which [humans] and nature can exist in productive harmony, and fulfill the social, economic, and other requirements of present and future generations of Americans." - US EPA
4: “a word for the need to find a corrective course.” -- Dr. Wes Jackson, president, The Land Institute
Green House Gas Report to American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment (ACUPCC)
http://acupcc.aashe.org/ghg-report.php?id=613
The GreenScene Publications
A quarterly news service provided by the Sustainability center at KCC
Winter 2009
http://shopping.daily-journal.com/SS/Page.aspx?ptype=SS_TILE&secid=60065&pagenum=1&facing=false
Spring 2009
http://shopping.daily-journal.com/SS/Page.aspx?sstarg=&facing=false&secid=62341&pagenum=1
Summer 2009
http://shopping.daily-journal.com/SS/Page.aspx?sstarg=&facing=false&secid=65942&pagenum=1
Learn more and get involved
Why get involved? Because... "Climate, soil, air, water, energy resources, food, fisheries, and biodiversity are all elements of the global commons, and all have prospects that range from uncertain to perilous." -- Editorial, Science at http://www2.aashe.org/dans/ 3-24-09
16 ways to green your home www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=2121
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education http://www.aashe.org/
Campus Climate Challenge http://www.campusclimatechallenge.org/
Carbon Footprint http://www.myfootprint.org/
Center for Sustainable Community http://www.centerforsustainablecommunity.org/
Consortium for Education in Renewable Energy Technologies (CERET) http://www.ceret.us/
Do Something www.dosomething.org/tipsheets/energy_conservation
Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium www.heasc.net/sustainablefuture
Interstate Renewable Energy Council http://www.irecusa.org/
Living on Earth-public radio show www.loe.org/
Plan B by Lester Brown http://www.earth-policy.org/
Play a Greater Part http://www.playagreaterpart.org/
US Green Building Council www.usgbc.org/
Presidential Taskforce on Sustainability www.myacpa.org/task-force/sustainability
Second nature http://www.secondnature.org/
US Partnership for Education and Sustainable Development http://www.uspartnership.org/
World Business Council for Sustainable Development http://www.wbcsd.org/
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